tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316674702588134370.post4823689226756612453..comments2012-02-17T10:31:09.542+00:00Comments on De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis: Leo Tolstoy left his home 100 years ago. “War and Peace” and historyДимитрий Фруктенштейнnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316674702588134370.post-81873376426224749422012-01-10T09:11:25.283+00:002012-01-10T09:11:25.283+00:00&quot;…the best character in the book is Kutuzov, ...&quot;…the best character in the book is Kutuzov, the master of zen war, who defeated Napoleon by escaping him&quot;<br /><br />The description of Kutuzov a the positive force in the war against Napoleon and Barclay as his negative opponent is probably the biggest &quot;error” in this book.<br /><br />Pushkin had a better understanding of this war than Tolstoy, who as you rightly say, uses the topic to develop his theories against this backdrop.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316674702588134370.post-81242291636932977802011-06-16T16:40:14.085+00:002011-06-16T16:40:14.085+00:00Cześcz, Ree! Thank you for that video. No, I haven...Cześcz, Ree! Thank you for that video. No, I haven&#39;t seen it before and I enjoyed it. Oooh, how I love these old movies! Like this one, which I posted more than a year ago: <br /><a href="http://minaev.blogspot.com/2010/01/1908-video-winter-in-moscow.html" rel="nofollow">1908 video: Winter in Moscow </a>.Dmitri Minaevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307446029353729137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316674702588134370.post-8924925648770809932011-06-16T14:24:39.865+00:002011-06-16T14:24:39.865+00:00Hello :) I&#39;ve just found your blog, and I thin...Hello :) I&#39;ve just found your blog, and I think it&#39;s really good. I&#39;m also blogging about russian culture (but i&#39;m from Poland, so it&#39;s in polish). I just want you to show you video footage of Leo Tolstoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XjN4DCNt6E (well, maybe you have seen it before). Anywa, greetings from Poland :)Reehttp://gavarit.blox.plnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316674702588134370.post-64128742119711977432010-12-05T20:56:17.458+00:002010-12-05T20:56:17.458+00:00Well, I wouldn&#39;t call this novel the best ever...Well, I wouldn&#39;t call this novel the best ever, but I strongly disagree with those who call Tolstoy a graphomaniac (like Svyatoslav Loginov, a good SF writer, does: <a href="http://www.rusf.ru/loginov/rec/rec08.htm" rel="nofollow">О графах и графоманах или Почему я не люблю Льва Толстого</a>).Dmitri Minaevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307446029353729137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316674702588134370.post-41587458398032315062010-12-03T15:43:53.772+00:002010-12-03T15:43:53.772+00:00&quot;War and Peace&quot; the best novel ever writ...&quot;War and Peace&quot; the best novel ever written! (And I studied English and German literature in my youth!:)))Seesawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484903653746525806noreply@blogger.com